I’m with you MattinNJ. My husband and I started the same transition. Picked up a cheap fixer upper in beautiful Lee County in SW Florida. Dropping out of the NYC rat race. Hope to be down there permanently this time next year. Sick of commuting and high taxes. $15 to cross a lousy bridge? Almost $1,000 for two people to commute to NYC every day? We’re. So done.
Awesome! I have to build my nut up a little more because I don’t want my boy to have school debt, but I cannot wait to get out of here. I am looking for 2 bedroom near college (hospital) town in quiet warm part of country. I want a minimalist lifestyle and want to walk on the beach or on the grass with the warm sun on me. I have had a nice career and helped a lot of people but I am done. I wish you the very best and may you have a nice long time enjoying the good life without everyone living off your taxes.